Narratives of Obeah in twentieth-century Anglophone West Indian literature

This thesis examines representations of Obeah, the name given to a range of African-inspired, syncretic Caribbean religious practices, in novels and short stories written by authors born in the former British West Indies. Ranging from the late 1920s to the late1980s, these texts’ plots all systemati...

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Main Author: Rodriques, Janelle Alicia
Published: University of Newcastle upon Tyne 2016
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.719752